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  2. From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk
  3. Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
  4. Subject: Re: World's Toughest Computers
  5. Message-ID: <722268322.11012@minster.york.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 20 Nov 92 14:05:22 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov19.190739.18948@rchland.ibm.com>
  8. Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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  10.  
  11. Jared Dahl (jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
  12. : Which computers do you consider the most rugged?  Why?
  13. : What are some stories that you have heard about them?
  14. : 
  15.  
  16. Although they're really basically educational CP/M boxes from the mid 
  17. eighties, I heard about a couple of Research Machines Link 480Zs which were
  18. stolen from a school and abandoned in a marsh for some time when it was
  19. realised that they weren't any use for games. The machines were, some months
  20. later, recovered and cleaned up and worked first time!
  21.  
  22. Pete
  23. --
  24. *Peter Fenelon -- Research Associate -- Software Safety Assessment Procedures*
  25. Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, York, Y01 5DD (+44/0)904 433388
  26. EMAIL: pete@minster.york.ac.uk `There's no room for enigmas in built up areas'
  27.